“It was a free zoo,” Hall said. “I was visiting a friend in Wisconsin. We'd been riding bikes all day and decided to stop in.”

Hall said she rarely visits zoos because she doesn’t like seeing animals cooped up.

She said the giraffe ate from her hand, licked her, and then kicked her in the chin.

When she saw the giraffes, Hall said she felt compelled to feed them despite a barrier next to a wooden fence.

“No one's really around and so I just hopped over and grabbed a little handful of grass. He licked me and that was sweet,” Hall said.

Hall said the giraffe then kicked her, which busted her bottom lip open and bruised her chin.

“I'm standing there, I just get knocked in the face."

Hall said the blow could have been much worse.

"Luckily his kick it was like a front donkey kick and hit the wood first,” she said. “So that took a lot of the impact off. He kind of just like clipped me.”

Hall said it came as a shock, but she is not upset at the giraffe or the zoo. She is recovering after getting her lip stitched up, but said the fine she received was tougher to handle.

"The only thing that's a downer is the $700 fine, which I feel like getting kicked in the face, that was punishment, that was pretty good punishment right there for me, but I'm able to laugh at myself and it's a pretty funny story," Hall said.

HAVE APPEARED IN PUBLIC SINCE THE ELECTION. ONLY ON 12, SHE HOPPED A FENCE TO FEED A GIRAFFE AND ENDED UP GETTING KICKED IN THE FACE. IT'S A STORY MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ONLY ON 12, I TALKED WITH THE CALIFORNIA WOMAN ABOUT WHY SHE DID IT AND WHAT KEPT HER FROM GETTING MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED. I WAS VISITING A FRIEND. WE DECIDED TO STOP HIM. AMANDA HALL SAYS SHE RARELY GOES TO THE ZOO BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT LIKE SEEING ANIMALS CAGED UP. WHEN SHE SAW THE GIRAFFE, SHE WAS COMPELLED TO FEED THEM. THAT IS DESPITE THE BARRIER. WHY DID YOU DO THAT? I COULDN'T SEE THEM. FROM WHERE I WAS, YOU COULD NOT SEE THEM. I DID THAT. ELECT ME. THAT WAS SWEET. -- HE LICKED ME. HE BUSTED HER BOTTOM LIP OPEN AND BRUCE CHURCH IN. THE BLOW COULD'VE BEEN MUCH WORSE. LUCKILY, IT WAS LIKE A DONKEY KICK. IT HIT THE WORD FIRST. THAT TOOK A LOT OF IMPACT. HE COLLECT ME. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I HAVE ALL MY TEETH. MY FACE IS ALL RIGHT. A FEW STITCHES, THAT WILL HEAL. IT WAS A $700 FINE SHE RECEIVED FROM CROSSING THE BARRIER. GETTING KICKED IN THE FACE , THAT WAS PUNISHMENT TO THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD PUNISHMENT.